Seeking a compassionate Employment Specialist to support individuals with health conditions in East Kent, helping them secure sustainable employment through the innovative Individual Placement and Support approach., You will work with people with a physical and/or mental health condition which impacts their ability to gain or sustain work. You will manage a caseload of between 25 to 30 individuals to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to individuals, whilst building positive relationships with local employers and stakeholders to enable individuals to move into suitable employment. Embedded within Primary Care, GP practices, Community Health Teams, Job Centres and the wider community, you will support participants on their recovery journey towards better health and wellbeing.
* Proven experience of supporting people to obtain or keep work
* Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets
"Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation."
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility. For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.